Stephanie Schorow

Stephanie Schorow is an instructor in the Department of Mass Communications, Advertising and Public Relations, College of Communication, Boston University.

Stephanie is a veteran journalist and writing instructor, and the author of nine nonfiction books on topics such as fires, crime, drinking, and sexual politics. She has been an editor, reporter and/or freelance correspondent for the Boston Herald, the Associated Press, the Boston Globe, and newspapers in Missouri, Idaho, Utah, and Connecticut. She has worked as a Citizen Journalism Coordinator for Urban Media Arts of Malden, served as an editor for The Conversation.com/US, and taught workshops on nonfiction writing and promotion for the Cape Cod Writers Conference.

Before coming to Boston University, she taught at Lasell University, Regis College, Lesley University and Newbury College. Her most recent book is “A Boston Harbor Island Adventure: The Great Brewster Journal of 1891” (History Press). Her previous books include “The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire: A Boston Tragedy” (2022, History Press); “The Great Boston Fire: The Inferno that Nearly Incinerated the City” (2022, Globe Pequot); “Inside the Combat Zone: The Stripped Down Story of Boston’s Most Notorious Neighborhood” (2017, Union Park Press); “Drinking Boston: A History of the City and its Spirits” (2012, Union Park Press); and “The Crime of the Century: How the Brink’s Robbers Stole Millions and the Hearts of Boston” (2007, Commonwealth Editions). With co-author Beverly Ford, she wrote “The Boston Mob Guide” (2011, History Press.) 

Stephanie has won awards for her feature writing, frequently gives presentations on the topics and issues raised by her books, and has appeared in numerous documentaries and TV series. Her first novel, “Cat Dreaming,” will be published in November 2023 by Small Town Girl Publishing.